Motor



March 30, 1943. E. w. LOGAN ETAL y 21,314,999

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March 30, 1943.A Y E. w. LOGAN ET AL 2,314,999

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yunuca (Q Waals Patented Mar. 30, 17943 y* MOTOR Edwin W. Logan, Belleville, lll., and Jarosla'w K.y

` Kostko, University City, Mo., assignors to The f Emerson Electric Mfg. Co., St. Louis,

corporation of Missouri Application October 9, 1939,y Serial No. 298,598

A1l.) Claims. (Cl. 172-36) The present invention relatesto impulse electric motors. v The principal objects of this invention are to provide a motor of this type which may attain very high speeds with low consumption of power.

and la small amount of material; and which may be easily started yand take its load without eX- y.

cessive decrease in speed. I f

Specifically, an object of they invention isto produce an impulse motor having a minimized reverse torque Mo., a

ings receive a hollow shaft 33, at one end of which there is secured a cam 34 for a purpose tobe described.

An armature hub '35 of some'nonmagnetic material has integrally therewith (or integrally se-` ,cured thereto) a plate 36, likewise of nonmagnetic material, and is mounted on the hollow y shaft. yAset screw 31 is threaded into the hub .portion 35 and, yas will be seen, determines the The motor may be of a size as used inl such n holes 39 `pass through the shaft into bearing applications as electric razors. It includes, broadly, a eld member carrying a winding which may be energized by either direct o r alternating current, a rotor without any winding, but with f a special arrangementk of parts of high and low permeability, a switch of unique design for making and breaking the current applied to the fieldr winding and hence the magnetic `flux through the rotor, and a circuit includinga coil and a condenser to be connected across theswitch for the purpose of decreasing the" intensity of the spark between the contacts of the switch at they instant of vbreaking the current, and accelerating the decay of the magnetic flux. I

In the drawings: Fig. 1 is ja plan view of ment of the invention; y y

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a rViewsimilar to Fig. 1, but partly broken away as shown at the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;k

Fig. 4 is an edge view of the rotor;

Fig. 5 is a circuit diagramfcr the motor; y

Fig. 6 is a face view of a modied type of rotor;

Fig. '1 is a view of a motor having the winding on the rotor instead of the field; y

Figs. 8, 10, 12, and 14 arefviews in successive positions. of a conventional rotor of an impulse motor; and, V v

Figs. y9, 11, 13, and 15 are views corresponding,

respectively, toFigs. 8, 10, 12, and 14, but showing the new rotor.

The field member kis made up dfb-shaped iron laminations heid together by rivets 2l, and

additionally secured by bolts 22.` On the' bightk portion of the field member 20 is afwinding 23 that, when energized, sets upa magnetic flux`r producing poles 24and 25. The iireldrnember 20 also carries awinding 2B for a purpose to be described. n 1

The opposite sides oi the poles have-cover plates 21 and 28,' preferably made of some nonmagnetic and electrically nonconducting material, andsecured in place by bolts 22.k Spacer members 39.011 opposite sides of each pole are` la kpreferred embodiangular position of the rotor relative to the shaft and, therefore, relative to the cam 34,

The hub is providedwith oil pockets 38, and

cating the bearings 3| and 32 through ,the holes The rotor plate 36 serves as asupport for elongated magnetic conductors 40 and 4l of ma.-

terial such as iron laminations, which are riveted to it by the four rivets 42. The parts 40 and 4I are located on opposite sides `of thehub element 35 on one side of the plate36.

' Each of the parts 40 and 4| has an inner face that'is arcuate except at the tips 46 where it approaches the opposite tips of the other parts somewhat more sharply. The outer face 41 is cut out` somewhat concavely. As a result, the motor has air gaps 48 and 49 between the eld poles. 24 and 25 and the rotor, as Well as spaces 50, 5|and 52 across the rotor itself, yfilled with a nonmagnetic substance that wholly 'or partly may be air'. With clockwise rotation the edges M of the conductors 4i) and 4I and the edges N of the poles. 24 and 25 are termed leading edges.

The cam 34 operates a switch generally indicated at 55. It has a iixed terminal 56 on the yplate 21 carrying a contact 51. the latter being l adjustably supported by being threaded into an .upstanding flange on the terminal 56. A lock nut 58 holds the contact in adjusted position. The second and movable contact 59 yis supported yon a bent end 60of a switch blade 6| made of spring material. The blade 5I is fastened toy a terminal 62 secured to the plate 21. A blockr 63 ,K vconnected directly to the winding 26 and a lead 66 is brought out from this connection between interposed between the pole'sides and the cover plates 21 and 2B.

Between the poles, the two plates 21 and 28 have central bearings 3l'and 32. Thesebearme windings 21a-.arid 2s to the n xed terminal 56 of the switchr 55. `A lead 61 yconnects the other orfre'e endof the winding 23 to the supply line.

connects the movable contact Il to the other supply line.

The free end il of the switch, blade Il is turned outwardly at an angle, for example 45, to the main portion of the switch blade. Both contacts 51 and Il are fiat faced. The switch blade Si moves under the action of the cam I4 twice each revolution of the rotor in a direction approximately at right angles to the main portion of the blade, thus making and breaking the circuit of the neld winding twice each revolution of the rotor. 'I'he angularity produces a cushioning effect when the two contacts I1 and il close. There is also a wiping effect. These two effects prevent, respectively, bouncing of the contacts and fouling of them. v

The winding 2l is wound co-directionally with the winding 23, so that, when the magnetic iiux in the field member Ill is diminishing at the opening of the switch Il, the -electro-motive forces induced by the variation of the flux in the windings 2l and 2l act in the same direction, charging the condenser Il. At the opening of the switch Il, at least part of the energy accumulated in the magnetic circuit while this switch is closed is transferred to the condenser Il. The winding 2l aids in this transfer, thus reducing sparking at the contacts of the switch i! and accelerating the decaying of the magnetic field. To illustrate, the ratio betweenthe windings 23 and 2l may have such a value as 1740z60.

When the coil 2t is energized. magnetic iiux passes from one field pole to the other, and at least a part of it passes through the rotor. producing magnetic poles of opposte polarity on the suriacesof the field and rotor members facing each other. It is known that lin a position of the rotor such as Fig. 13 the action of the field poles on the rotor poles has a tangential component producing a torque which strives to move the rotor in the direction that results in decreasing the reluctance ofthe magnetic circuit-that is, clockwise toward the position of Pig. 15. In the positions of Figs. l1 and l5, the reluctance of the magnetic circuit is, respectively, maximum and minimum, and no torque is produced on the rotor. These Dositions may be termed "dead center positions of the rotor.

Beyond the position of Fig. 15. as in the position of Fig. 9, the rotor would also be urged toward the position of l'ig.- 15. In other words,

the torque reverses at the dead center position and acts counterclockwise. A unidirectional rotation of the rotor, however, requires a vmidirecfield when the rotor is immediately beyond the position of Fig. l1, continues through intermediate positions such' as shown in Fig. 13, and is reduced to zero when the rotor reaches the pomtion of Fig. 15 (thus being edective during the first quadrant); and then remains atA its zero value for the second quadrant. is produced again during the third quadrant, remains at zero for the fourth, and so on.

operating the switch every 90 at the end of the designated quadrants. However, such an arrangement of switching operations results in a very unsatisfactory performance of the motors. Due to the presence of magnetic materials in the field and rotor members, the circuit of the field winding is highly inductive so that, when this circuit is' closed by the action of the cam Il, the current rises to its maximum value, not at once, but gradually. In orde; to give it time to reach values producing a desired magnetization, even at high speeds for which motors,i of the impulse type are usually designed, it is found necessary to close the field circuit somewhat mesa of me position of rig. 11, sithougii s certain amount of reverse torque results from this advance of the circuit closing operation.

Figs. 8, 10, 12, and 14 show diagrammatically a motor with a conventional one-piece rotor (and hence devoid of the middle air gap Il), in several positions. Figs. 9, 11, 13, and 15 show the present two-piece rotor in corresponding positions, the external rotor dimensions being the same in both types.

- Considering nrstfthe rotor'of the usual type. Figa 8, 10, 12, and 14:

With clockwise rotation of the rotor, the circuit of the field winding may be closed at or about the instant shown in Fig. 8. It is known that at any instant the torque of the motor is Proportional to the product of the rate of variation of the inductance of the held winding and the current in it. In Fig. 8, the inductance of the field winding is large because the magnetic iiux has to cross only the very short air gaps Il and Il, the reluctance of the iron parts of the magnetic circuit being usually small. In -the position of Fig. 10, the inductance is. on the contrary, very small because of the large air spaces il and I! as well as the air gaps Il and Il between the field member and the rotor. In short, the rate of variation of the inductance between the positions of Fig. 8 and l'ig. l0 is high and, therefore, the torque, which in this quadrant is a reverse torque, is also high. In

Pigs. 9, 11.-snd 13, on the contrary, the inductance is very low and substantially constant throughout because here the reluctance ofthe mlgnetic circuit is due, to a large extent,V to the long space Il, so that the total reluctance is not greatly changed from the position ofl'ig. 9 to that of Fig. 11. The substanal constncy and low value of the inductanee implies a slow rate of change thereof and, therefore, a low value of reverse torque.

furthermore. a low value of inductance permits 'a very rapid building up of the current when the 5 Ideally, the foregoing could be produced by 7l circuit of the field winding h closed. Therefore, the advancing of the instant of closing the circuit with respect to the theoretically correct instant of Fig. 11 need not be very great. as the application of current to the field in advance of the position of Fig. 11 necessariLv increases the reverse torque, this reduction of advance of the instant of closing the circuit with respect tothe position of llig. 11 further reduces the reverse torque, and the powexl of the motor-is increased. It is found that good, average torque at a prescribed speed is obtained if the circuit of the neld winding is closed at such an instant that the current reaches its maximum value when the rotor is in approximately the position of Pig. i3 or slightly beyond.

Small motors of the impulse type are usually started by giving the rotor,\by hand, a quick impulse in the direction of rotation. During this operation, the speed of the rotor is very low compared with its speed of many thousands of revolutions per minute at normal operation.

Therefore, during starting, the process of building up of the current from'zero to its maximum value is completed with the rotor position practicslly unchanged. With the rotor of the usual type, Fig. 8, this means that the current becomes very high during a rapid decrease of inductance from Fig. 8 to Fig. 10, andfhence the`reverse torque is strong and the motor is somewhat sluggish in starting. With therotor built according to the invention, the reverse torque is low andthe starting process is greatly improved.

An impulse electric motors average torque depends upon the difference between the maximum 'and the minimum inductance of the field winding. In the motor built -according to this invention, the maximum inductance can be increased by increasing the span of the polesior polar arc) without, at the same time, increasing the minimum inductance because the nonmagnetic gap between the magnetic parts of the rotor, suchas the gap 5|, maintains low the amount of magnetic flux in the position of minimum inductance, Fig. 11.

When supplied with current from an alternatv ing source of supply, an impulse electric motor 130 rotate relatively to the field member andlocated has a tendency to lose some of its torque when the motor reaches a speed corresponding to synchronism, such as 3600 R. P. M. with a 60` cycle supply and a two-pole structure. This is a very serious disadvantage, since the motors of this type are generally designed to operate at very high speed, 8000 R. P. M. and higher. The cause i `of it, apparently, is as follows:

that high values of th e current occur at positions of reverse torque, such as the interval betweenFigs. 8 and 10, or 9 and 11, thelow values of it will correspond approximately to positions of direct torque between Figs. 12 and 14, or 13 and l5. This will obviously result in a reduction rkof the average torque per revolution. In a motor built according to this invention, the reverse torque is, to a large extent, eliminated. Accordingly. these motors are substantially free from the disadvantage of low torque at synchronism.

Using the analogy between the electric and magnetic circuits, it may be said that the dis 'v tinguishing feature of' the rotor built according to this invention is that, in the position of maximuml inductance 'of the field winding. lsuch as Fig. l5,` the high permeability parts 40 and 4| are substantially in parallel" with low permeability part v5I (which may be air or a'hub of nonma'gnetic material, etc.); `while, ln the position of minimum inductance"(Fig. ll), the high permeability parts 40 and 4i are substantially in series" with the low permeability part 5| Fig. 6 shows schematically a rotor similar to that of Fig. 3 but with magneticparts 40 i. and 402 connected together by means of bridges 403 and 404 integral with these parts. vSuch a rotor may conveniently be built up of iron laminations.

If the bridges 403 and 404 are sufllciently thin,A

it will have approximately the same properties as the rotor of Fig. `3 because, in the position of Fig. 11, the bridges would become highly saturated and acquire the properties of a material of low permeability. In the position of Fig. 15,

the bridges would be only moderately saturated and substantially all magnetic flux in the rotor 5 would pass through the parts of high permeability 40| and`402;y while, in the position of minirn-um inductance (Fig. 11), the flux in the rotor must cross at least some of the parts of low permeability, such as the saturated bridges 401 and 404 or the nonmagnetic space 405.

In the'modiflcation of Fig. '1, the winding has .been applied to the moving member and the stator comprises the armature. The moving member 'is wound at 102 to provide poles 103 i5 and 104. Slip rings, or the like (not shown),

rmay be employed to-conduct electricity to the 'mobile winding. The stator is divided into two parts 105 and 106, which provide maximum inductance in the position of Fig. 7, and minimum at 90 thereto. In principle, the operation is the same as the main type. The term fleldmember is intended to refer to the wound member, whether stator or rotor, and the term rotor member is intended torefer to theA armature membenwhether stator or rotor. What is claimed is: i l l. In an impulse electric motor, a field member carrying a field winding adapted to be connected to a supply, a rotor member adapted to so as to be traversed in any of its positions by at least a part of the magnetic flux set up by the -field winding, this rotor member comprising a plurality of parts of high rpermeability held .35 mechanically-together but magnetically substantially insulated-from one another, substances of low permeability` located between the parts of 'high permeability of the rotor in such a way that in one position of the rotor with respect tothe :40 field member the parts of high permeability are .substantially in parallel with the substancesoi' low permeability with respect to" the magnetic flux'in the rotor set up by the field winding, while in another position of the rotor, which is'ninety electrical degrees from the first position, the parts Y yoi.' high permeability are substantially in series with the'4 substances of low permeability with respecil to the magnetic flux inthe rotor set up by the field winding, and vmeans `for making and so breaking yconnections between the field winding and the supply, these means being arranged so 5:, carrying a field Ywinding adapted to be connected to a supply, a rotormember adapted to rotate 'relatively' to the field member and located so as to be traversed in any ofits positions by at least 9. part of the magnetic flux set up by the field im, winding, this rotor member comprising a plurality .of parts `of high permeability held mechani- `callytogetl'ier-but magnetically substantially inn sulated from one another, substances of low permeability located between the parts of high per- 55. meability of the rotorin such a way that in one position of the rotor with respect to the field member the magnetic flux in the rotor set up by the field -winding passes substantially only in parts of high permeability of' the rotor, whilein' another position of the rotor, which is at ninety permeability. and means lfor making and breaking connections between the field winding and the supply, these means being arranged so as to operate at predetermined positions of the rotor member with respect to the eld member.

3. In an impulse electric motor, a tleld member carrying a field winding adapted to be connected to a supply, a rotor member adapted to rotate relatively to the field member and located so as to be traversed in any of its positions by at least a part of the magnetic flux set up by the field winding, this rotor member comprising a plurality of parts of high permeability held mechanically together but magnetically substantially insulated from one another, substances of low permeability located between the parts of high permeability of the rotor in such a way that in one position of the roter with respect to the field member the parts of high permeability are substantially in parallel with the substances of low permeability with respect to the magnetic flux in the rotor set up by the field winding, while in another position of the rotor, which is ninety electrical degrees from the rst position, the parts of high permeability are substantially in series with the substances of low permeability with respect to the magnetic flux in the rotor Set up by the field winding, and means for making and breaking connections between the field winding and the supply, said means being adjusted for making said connections at such positions of the rotor with respect to the field member that the current in the field winding reaches its maximum value substantially at the instant when the rate of variationof inductance in the motor circuit is maximum.

4. In an impulse electric motor, a field member carrying a field winding adapted to be connected to a supply, a rotor member adapted to rotate relatively to the field member and located so as to be traversed in any of its positions by at least a part of the magnetic flux set up by the neld wind.. ing, this rotor member comprising a plurality of parts of high permeability held mechanically together but magnetically substantially insulated from one another, substances of low permeability located between the parts of high permeability of the rotor in such a way that in one position of the rotor with respect to the field member the magnetic ux in the rotor set up by the fleld winding passes substantially only in parts of high permeability of the rotor, while in another position of the rotor, which is at ninety electrical degrees from the first position, substantially all fiux in the rotor set up by the field winding crosses at least some of the substances of low permeability, and means for making and breaking connections between the eld winding and the supply, said means being adjusted for making said connections at such positions of the rotor with respect to the field member that the current in the field winding reaches its maximum value substantially at the instant when the rate of variation of inductance in the motor circuit is maximum.

5. In an impulse electric motor, a rotor member, a shaft, and two parts of high permeability symmetrically opposite each other about the shaft to provide two parallel magnetic paths of high permeability through the rotor, the outer faces of the said parts of high permeability being silb- 'stantially parallel to the inner faces, and means maintaining said two parts of high permeability at least substantially magnetically insulated from one another.

6. In an impulse electric motor, a field member carrying a field winding adapted to be connected to a supply, said field member having opposite arcuately concave poles, a rotor member adapted to rotate with respect to the field member and including two parts of high permeability disposed substantially parallel across the rotor, to provide leading edges on the sides of the parts toward the rotor, and adapted to be the mt parts of the pieces to approach the poles, said parts being held mechanically together but magnetically substantially insulated vfrom one another, and means for making and breaking con; nections between the field winding and the surfply, said means being adjusted for making said connections at such a position of the rotor with4 respect to the field member that the current i the field winding reaches its maximum value at the position of the rotor wherein its leading edges are adjacent to the leading edges of the said arcuately concave field poles.

7. In an impulse electric motor, a rotor member, a hub of material of low permeability, a plate of material of low permeability securely fastened to the said hub, a shaft therethrough, and two parts of high permeability secured to the said rotor plate opposite each other about the shaft to provide two parallel paths of high permeability through the rotor, and said two parts being at least substantially magnetically insulated from each other.

8. In an impulse motor, a field member and a rotor, means producing a magnetic flux in the field member for traversing the rotor, means for making and breaking the circuit to the field member according to positions of the rotor, the position of the rotor at which the circuit is made being ahead of the rotor position at which torque in the desired direction is produced, and therefore in a rotor position to produce reverse torque, and magnetic conducting means and reluctance means on the rotor disposed to conduct flux in a predetermined direction across the rotor and to provide reluctance t0 such flux in a direction at any substantial angle in electrical degrees from said direction adapted to produce a low rate of change inductance during such positions of reverse torque.

9. In an impulse electric motor, a field member, a main circuit connected to a power supply, a winding therein for the field member, means for making and breaking the connections between the field winding and the supply, an auxil ry circuit comprising an auxiliary winding on e field member, and a. condenser in series therewith, the auxiliary winding being co-directional with the field winding in its magnetic action. and the auxiliary circuit being interconnected with the main circuit across the making and breaking means.

10. In an impulse motor, a field member having 1 electrically opposite pole pieces, a rotor adapted to rotate between the pole pieces, flux conducting means disposed on the rotor with ends adapted to be disposed adjacent the pole pieces to provide a flux path across the rotor from pole piece to pole piece when the rotor is rotated into a position so disposing said ends, and reluctance means on the rotor dividing the conductors and their path of flux into a plurality of components. said conducting means and reluctance means being adapted to cause low permeability from pole piece to pole piece across the rotor when the rotor 1s in such positions that the fiux must pass across said reluctance means.

EDWIN W. LOGAN. JAROSLAW K. KOSTKO. 

